UoG provides lots of practical experience within the university and also on a variety of placements. In my 3rd year here I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend a Trauma and Intermediate Life Support course, this was a collaboration between the hospital and the university and I also gained a certificate for my new skills.

Great facilities to help us with the practical element of our course. Having an onsite Xray room is a great addition to the university. The course lecturers are very knowledgeable and always willing to explain anything we didn’t understand.

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The university has an excellent track record in health and social care degrees. It also has great facilities for anything related to the sports sciences. It has a closely-knit community which can be lacking in some of the larger universities. The Cheltenham campuses are in a lovely town that has something for everyone. The other campus is in Gloucester which I do not rate highly as a city but Cheltenham is very close. The staff and lecturers are very supportive and there are teams to give you academic guidance.

The course is well-balanced with the right mix of anatomy and physiology, physics, radiography skills and personal development. The physics has a more practical application as opposed to being overly mathematical. All learning materials are accessible online after the lectures. The course is pretty full-on with two days of lectures, two days of placement and a self-study day every week. There is a lot of reading required outside of lectures especially for the anatomy and physiology. Having said that, the lecturers are regularly available for one-to-ones and you will get ample time to get assignments done and to study. There is a newly built x-ray suite to practice scenarios so you can puts skills into practice on placement.

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